Is it just me or is Monday the perfect day to get your procrasti-bake on? I’m on swot-vac and with my next exam not until next Friday I’m not feeling much urgency yet. There is no guilt in leaving the books for a little while and following my instincts in the kitchen – my own personal form of therapy (that and barefoot beach walks).<\/p>\n

The other day I had the idea to make a muffin recipe that included bone marrow (after this bone marrow custard recipe<\/a> went down a treat with my family).<\/p>\n

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Due to\u00a0my recent\u00a0gall bladder dilemma<\/a> , little miss ‘give-me-all-the-fat-and-then-some’ has had to lower her fat intake.<\/p>\n

I’ve been making broth with bones only after<\/em> removing the marrow. I’ve had raw bone\u00a0marrow – too good to waste – sitting in a cup in my fridge and I’ve been brainstorming creative ways to use up the marrow in recipes that my family will eat without hesitancy.<\/p>\n

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This recipe was today’s experiment and I must say it ain’t too shabby. Now, these are allergy-friendly, minimal ingredient muffins and therefore NOTHING like regular muffins. They are<\/em> sweet (but not overly-so and can be used as a savoury accompaniment to a soup) soft, smell-amazing (your house will smell like rich, buttery cake!) and have a beautiful muffin-y texture.<\/p>\n

That said, they will inevitably sink in the middle, be flatter than your average muffin and if you’re used to “normal” flour, milk, butter, sugar, egg containing-muffins, you’ll likely have complaints.<\/p>\n

For those that need a nut and seed-free muffin recipe that contains no fillers, or those needing to sneak nourishing marrow into their diet for gut-healing purposes or even those stuck on stage 3<\/a> of the GAPS diet, these muffins will fir the bill. Bone marrow contains the building blocks for a strong and healthy immune system and is the ultimate power-food to fuel you through a chilly winter.<\/p>\n

One of\u00a0the most popular recipes on this site is my GAPS muffins (also dubbed ‘Fat Bomb Muffins’<\/a> by my friend Jo<\/a>) and this recipe is based on them, except I swapped the nuts for butternut pumpkin and the butter and\/or coconut oil for bone marrow. If you love those (or these<\/a> or even these<\/a>) then I highly recommend the next time you have some marrow bones that you whip these up.<\/p>\n

Medicinal Marrow Muffins<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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• 6 eggs (I used large free-range eggs from my local butcher, remember cruelty-free eggs are always best from an ethical and energetic point of view)<\/li>\n
• 1 cup of raw bone marrow (approximately the raw marrow from two beef marrow bones … simply use a butter knife to scoop the marrow from the bone cavities before making broth and keep in the fridge until ready to use … if you only have 1\/2 this amount then you can easily use 1\/2 cup bone marrow and 1\/2 cup coconut oil, tallow, butter or ghee for similar results)<\/li>\n
• 2 1\/2 cups raw chopped and peeled butternut pumpkin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Method<\/strong><\/p>\n

  Preheat fan-forced oven to 150 degrees C.<\/p>\n

  Place pumpkin and eggs in a high speed blender and blend on highest speed for 30 seconds, or until smooth and pureed. Add marrow and blend for a further minute on high, or until a smooth batter with no ‘bits’ results.<\/p>\n

  Divide mixture evenly among 9 muffin holes lines with toxin-free (I love the ‘if you care’ brand from here<\/a>) and bake for 45-50 minutes (a skewer inserted into a cooked muffin should come out clean).<\/p>\n

  Immediately remove the muffins from the tins and allow to cool on a wire rack. They will droop and sink a bit but they are so soft and smell amazing.<\/p>\n

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  Enjoy warm or cut in half topped with some avocado. I also love mine chilled from the fridge. I love the consistency of fats when they go hard in cooler temperatures.<\/p>\n

  These will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 7 days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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